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Mike is Bigscreen.ie's Film News editor. A film studies graduate, he has been Entertainment.ie's resident movie buff since 2006, and became the Film Editor in 2007. He'll bring you up-to-date movie news, that's informative and hilarious in equal measure, as well as the obligatory reviews. Don't go to the cinema without reading 'em.
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Harrison Ford In Talks For Blade Runner Sequel
0 commentsHarrison Ford is apparently in very early talks to reprise his role of Deckard in the much rumoured sequel to Blade Runner that Ridley Scott has agreed to direct.
According to Twitch Film, Ford's involvement thus far is tenuous at best, but the actor is at least interested in returning to another one of his iconic roles. Scott is of course currently putting the finishing touches to his science fiction epic, Prometheus, which is in the same wheelhouse/universe as the Alien series - but apparently not an official sequel. Although the more we see of that film, the more it feels like more like a direct companion to those productions - and pretty damn spectacular.
When I spoke to Ford for Cowboys and Aliens, he was coy about future projects but mentioned that he was working on a film about an aging Wyatt Earp, helping about a friend in the big city. That film was looking for funding but it's not clear if has bagged it as of yet.
We Review Jack And Jill In All New Movie Show
0 commentsAre you excited? Ya should be. Six more minutes of cinematic bliss are on the cards as the latest episode of The Movie Show is now online.
Myself an Hot Press film critic Roe McDermott talk Adam Sandler's latest opus, Jack and Jill, we have a very funny trailer of the week, and we look at what movies we'll have to look forward to in the coming months with a countdown of the US box-office.
There will be a new Movie Show live every Thursday on Entertainment.ie and we hope you enjoy them.
Mark Ruffalo And Scarlett Johansson Join John Carney's Latest...
0 commentsOnce and Zonad director John Carney has just bagged a brilliant cast for his new "musical romance project" Can A Song Save Your Life?
According to Screen Daily, one of the most admired actors working today, Mark Ruffalo will star opposite Scarlett Johansson with the former playing a down on his luck record producer who spots the latters singing talents when she travels to New York with her boyfriend to pursue his musical career. The duo have the Marvel action epic The Avengers due out this May, which is widely expected to be one of the biggest movies of the year. Ruffalo is a late addition to the Marvel universe, replacing Edward Norton as The Hulk/Bruce Banner.
Delighted for John Carney, who could've jumped on the Hollywood bandwagon after Once, but instead chose to make (the very funny) Zonad with his mates in Ireland.
Two Surprise Movies Top The US Box Office
0 commentsIt was surprising weekend at the US box-office, as two new releases over performed and one, with the biggest budget of the new batch, didn't do the business that was expected.
Chronicle and The Woman in Black were in a dead heat for the top spot, taking an estimated $22 million and $21 million respectively. But being that these are estimates, it could change when final numbers come through. The film that bombed was the John Krasinski/Drew Barrymore whale rescuing flick, Big Miracle - which took $8.5 million. A sweet enough production, it still doesn't showcase Krasinski enough as the charming, comically gifted bastard he is. Both Chronicle and Woman in Black were low cost productions that will return big profits for their respective studios.
This week sees the launch of the very cool Safe House, Journey 2 and The Vow.
Insidious To Get A Sequel
0 commentsThere is to be a sequel to last year's horror hit, and the mostly spooky thriller, Insidious, reports the folks at Heat Vision.
The last film worked superbly as a haunted house spook-fest up until the final twenty minutes, when it descended into utter silliness. That said, everything before it was well paced and genuinely effective - but I still fail to see how a sequel would really work. Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne starred in the micro-budgeted flick which cost $1.5 million to produce, and took over $100 million at the worldwide box-office; so naturally a sequel was probably discussed early on. Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell, is in talks to return for the sequel, but no word on possible cast returns.
I'll reserve judgement on this until I see it, but hopefully this doesn't turn into another garbage series of Saw type movies.
